- (a) In this section, “amateur radio” means the use of a radio frequency spectrum for purposes of noncommercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, or emergency communication by a duly authorized person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest.
- (b) This section applies to all counties and municipalities.
- (c) It is the intent of the General Assembly to codify the provisions of 47 C.F.R. § 97.15 concerning the Federal Communications Commission's preemption of local ordinances regulating amateur radio station antenna structures.
(d) A county or municipal ordinance regulating amateur radio station antenna structures:
- (1) may not preclude amateur radio communications;
- (2) shall reasonably accommodate amateur radio communications; and
- (3) shall constitute the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the ordinance.
Added by Acts 2022, c. 638, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022.